The 23-year-old, quite understandably, isn’t ready for the pressure that come with a franchise player tag:

“People said [I was like] Steph Curry in college,” he told Bleacher Report on Monday. “Yeah, I guess, but I gotta develop. Steph Curry, he’s a different animal. He’s in his own world. He does whatever he wants. I can’t do the things Steph Curry does right now.

“I’m not Steph Curry.”

But here’s the thing to remember: Hield also isn’t an afterthought, a player only worth talking about in how he compares to an All-Star like Cousins or Curry. […] “I’m Buddy Fresh,” he said. “I’m Buddy Love. I’m just me. I’m just Buddy.”